Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Golf Course
Monterey Peninsula Country Club -Dunes, is a Private, 36 hole golf facility located in Pebble Beach, California. The Club has two 18-hole championship golf courses. They are the The Dunes Course and The Shore Course.
The Shore Course first opened for play in 1961. The course was designed by designed by Robert Baldock and Jack Neville. Reconstruction of the Shore Course began in February 2003, and the new course was opened in June 2004. The redesign was done by golf course architect Mike Strantz.
The Shore Course is a links-type golf course built on the Club's pristine oceanside property. The Shore Course measures 6,940 yards; the par is 72 playing to a slope of 133.
The Dunes Course first opened for play in 1925. The course was designed by Charles B. MacDonald and Seth Raynor. The Dunes Course was redesigned and rebuilt in 1998 by Rees Jones. The Dunes fairways are parkland style, and the course is a par 72 that plays to a maximum distance of 6,911 yards.
The Crosby Pro-Am was played on Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Dunes Course for 18 consecutive years beginning in 1947, then shifted to the Shore Course in 1965 and 1966. In 1967, the tournament was moved to Spyglass Hill Golf Course.
The Crosby later returned to MPCC in 1977. In 2010, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am will include Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course in its rotation, along with Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course.
